Thursday, December 19, 2013

I thought I would share with you today a few vintage Christmas treasures. These are fairly recent, as two were gifts last year and the other two gifts this year.
These are two little carol booklets from my sister-in-law. So very cute!

Friday, December 13, 2013

I finally found it! Do you remember how I was lamenting because I couldn't find Harry Belafonte singing Jehovah the Lord will Provide? That was way back in 2011, if you do remember you have a great memory! I am not sure why I decided to look for it again, but I did and there is was! Apparently uploaded days after I had posted.

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

I haven't been very motivated lately. I keep telling myself everyone is waiting for lovely pictures of the new house, but the weather doesn't cooperate or it needs a good tidy before photo time and I just haven't been motivated to get things done. I think it is reaction to finally being moved in and settled, there isn't any need to push on! Anyway, I finally decided to just snap a few quick pictures of our Christmas decorations in the new house. We weren't really motivated to decorate a lot either. Partly because we found ourselves suddenly at a loss where to put them. So we just ended up pulling out our favorites and putting them anywhere there was a place.

I few of our favorite candles tucked next to new decorations.............

paper trees made by the sisters. So cute in the piano window!

Another new craft for this year, a poinsettia wreath hung in the dining room window.

The flowers are felt on a ribbon wrapped wreath form.

Of course a Shiney-Bright covered tree is an essential! I tried for a theme this year, only red and silver ornaments. After I had unpacked half the ornaments to find the red and silver ones and put a dozen or so on, I stood back to take a look and realized it wasn't really how I had envisioned it, it was boring! So we gave up on the idea and put all the pretty ones on.

Our favorite vintage nativity made in Germany.

Little lanterns we threw together to add a bit of something to the nativity setting. Mini vintage bottle brush trees and (fake) tea lights in a jar.